Ledger Live DesktopIndependent guide

Independent, unofficial guide. This site is not affiliated with, endorsed by or sponsored by Ledger SAS. Ledger Live is only ever published on ledger.com — download it there and nowhere else.

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About this guide

This is an independent, third-party guide to Ledger Live Desktop. It exists to explain the desktop app clearly and to keep the safety basics in front of people who are using it.

Reviewed September 28, 2026 by the Ledger Live Desktop Guide editorial team.

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Independence

This site is not affiliated with, endorsed by, sponsored by or connected to Ledger SAS in any way. It is not official product documentation, and it is not a support channel for Ledger. Ledger, Ledger Live, Ledger Nano, Ledger Stax and Ledger Flex are trademarks of Ledger SAS, and they appear here only to describe the products this guide is about.

Every download link on this site points to Ledger's own website. This guide does not host, mirror or redistribute the Ledger Live application, and it does not sell hardware, offer technical support, or operate any kind of wallet, exchange or recovery service.

How the content is researched

  • Public sources first. The functional description of the app is based on what Ledger publishes publicly and on how the product behaves, not on insider access.
  • General where facts move. Menu names, feature availability, provider lists and system requirements change between releases and by country. Where a detail is likely to drift, this guide describes the pattern and points you to the official page for the exact current answer rather than freezing a number that will be wrong shortly.
  • Safety guidance reviewed hardest. Claims about recovery phrases, phishing and device behaviour are written to stay true across versions, because that is the material people act on.
  • No invented specifics. Where something could not be confirmed from a public source, it is left out rather than guessed.

What this guide is not

Not advice

Nothing here is financial, investment, tax or legal advice. Crypto assets can lose value, and decisions about what to hold and where are yours.

Not support

There is no support desk here and no one will ever contact you from this site asking for information about your wallet. Genuine help is at support.ledger.com.

Not a wallet

This site has no account system, no downloads of its own and no ability to see, hold or move anyone's crypto. It is a set of pages.

Not a place for secrets

Never send a recovery phrase, a PIN or a private key to any address associated with this site or any other. No legitimate party needs them.

Corrections

If something here is out of date or wrong, it matters — particularly on the security pages, where a misleading sentence can cost someone real money. Corrections are welcome, and pages that change materially are re-dated.

Always check the official source for the current details

For anything you are about to act on — download links, supported assets, system requirements, fees, provider availability in your country — confirm it at ledger.com first. This guide is a map, not the territory.

Review date

Last reviewed September 28, 2026.

Get the real app, from the only place that publishes it

Ledger Live Desktop is free and is distributed by Ledger at ledger.com. There are no mirrors, no “pro” versions, no paid unlocks and no need to enter your recovery phrase anywhere to install it.

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Getting started

Download, install, pair your device, add an account.

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Security

Recovery phrase rules, phishing, and safe habits.

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